Housing Law Litigation Support Paralegal (Fairfax)

National Legal Aid & Defender Association; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

The National Legal Aid & Defender Association in Fairfax, Virginia seeks a full-time Housing Law Litigation Support Paralegal to assist housing staff attorneys and advocate for low-income clients. This hybrid position is based in our Fairfax office and involves handling client interviews, document preparation, and outreach.

The role emphasizes organizing case files, drafting pleadings and discovery, conducting legal research, and supporting hearings and trials with detailed evidence and charts.

Responsibilities

• Assist attorneys with initial client interviews and prepare applicable forms and documents.
• Maintain ongoing client communication and education.
• Draft pleadings, court forms, letters, discovery, and other documents.
• Conduct factual investigations, including interviewing witnesses and gathering documents.
• Conduct legal research.
• Organize and maintain client files with detailed documentation of activities.
• Assist in all aspects of representation, including analyzing, summarizing, or indexing litigation documents and preparing charts and other evidence for hearings and trials.
• Conduct outreach and community legal education and provide appropriate referrals.

Job description

Position Description

We are seeking a full-time Housing Law Litigation Support Paralegal to join our dedicated team.

This full-time paralegal position is responsible for providing litigation support to Housing Law Staff Attorneys, with a strong commitment to equal justice and advocacy for low-income persons in the area of housing law.

This is a hybrid position, based in our Fairfax office.

Essential Functions

• Assists attorneys with initial interviews of clients and prepares applicable forms and documents.
• Responsible for ongoing client communication and education.
• Obtains records, reviews clients’ completed questionnaires, and drafts pleadings and court forms, letters, discovery, and other documents.
• Conducts factual investigations, including interviewing witnesses, obtaining documents, and other evidence.
• Conducts legal research.
• Organizes and maintains client files, including detailed documentation of activities.
• Assists in all aspects of representation, including analyzing, summarizing, or indexing litigation documents and preparing charts, tables, and other evidence for hearings and trials.
• Conducts outreach and community legal education.
• Provides appropriate referrals.
• Attends office and other program meetings and reads professional materials and other communications related to the job.
• Maintains general knowledge of the substantive area.
• Performs other duties as assigned.